On Monday I gave the staff the following questions regarding their spiritual health. They were taken from a book by Don Whitney called 10 Questions To Diagnose Your Spiritual Health. Here are the 10 questions: 1. Do you thirst for God? 2. Are you governed increasingly by God's Word? 3. Are you ...

Yesterday I talked about how one of the best ways to be on mission with the Gospel is to use food. Tim Chester wrote a book called A Meal With Jesus which I highly recommend to you. Here is a brief excerpt: The Jews of Jesus's day would have said the Son of Man will come to vindicate the ...

Next Sunday we're going to learn a new Gospel-centered song called "In My Place" from The Village Church album GOD OF VICTORY. This song was written by Michael Bleecker and Matt Boswell in 2008 (the lyrics are posted below). To listen to "In My Place" and learn about the background of this song, ...

Tomorrow at 6:27PM we are gathering as a church body to pray and worship together. One of the things we asked you to do in preparation for this is fast. But why should Christians fast? Here is a post I found from John Piper from 1984. He says: Why should I, a child of grace, to whom all ...

  As many of you know I did not preach on Sunday. James Allen preached in my place. After my sermon on Sunday the 15th, I got on a plane and flew to Raleigh, North Carolina and returned on Sunday the 22nd. So what have I been doing all week? So glad you asked! Some of you know I recently ...

Next Sunday we're going to learn a new song called "Name Above All Names" from the Sovereign Grace album RISEN. This song was written by Pat Sczebel and Joel Szcebel in 2011. You can view the lyrics below and listen to the song here. VERSE 1 From the brightness of His glory Jesus, the Son ...

Here are the best books I read in 2011. My library is open to our church, so if there is a title you'd like to read, please come by the office and checkout my copy. Preaching and Preachers This is the best book on the importance and weight of preaching that I've read. Zondervan is releasing a ...

Next Sunday we're going to learn a new song called "Behold Our God" from the Sovereign Grace album RISEN. This song was written by Jonathan Baird, Meghan Baird, Ryan Baird, and Stephen Altrogge in 2011. You can view the lyrics below and listen to the song here.  VERSE 1 Who has held the ...

You may have noticed in the address bar on your screen that, though you perhaps typed in metroeastbaptist.com, it now reads treasuregod.org. Don’t worry, the old address still works, but we wanted our web address to communicate a bit about who we are as a church. So why treasuregod.org? ...

As we continue to incorporate God-centered songs during our worship services, we are planning to teach a new song this Sunday morning called "Now Why This Fear" by Sovereign Grace Ministries. You can listen to the song on YouTube: http://youtu.be/xIgeuh3KLMU The original lyrics are from a ...